TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
July 04, 2006
• Learn a great rotoscoping technique
• Composite digital blood burst & a muzzle flash
 
 
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by Joe 08/27/2010
dan you should try [detonation films] search it on google they have free ones and packages
by dan 07/25/2010
hy there.
Does anyone know where I can get these (or other) blood bursts from?

Andrew you are the best. respect!
by lghost 07/20/2010
aha!no no no ,don't really kill yourself,but you can have a chance by after effects
by Linn Kyaw kyaw 07/14/2010
Thanks you very much for U tutorial amazing..you tutorial will make to improve my skill in After Effect.. Thanks Million...
by Safwan Ahmedmia 07/09/2010
Excellent tutorial, used the effect in a trailer i've made:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Pjggv2qII
by Willy B! 06/11/2010
Thanks for the inspiration! I had an hour to kill the other day between projects...

http://www.youtube.com/user/TVforRadio#p/u/12/v6pmrph5yIY
by Dave Summers 06/08/2010
Awesome tut, Andrew! After watching this, I couldn't wait to get home and blow my head off LOL
by Altaf 06/07/2010
kool trick dude
by Manasi 06/07/2010
hey hii. andrew did everything in your tutorial step by step but the head disapearing is not working for me. All I get is an outline that is transparent around the head instead of the entire head being transparent with the background. Please Help!
by surender sharma 06/04/2010
from where i can download blood brest and smoke png type movie?
by chase 05/29/2010
Andrew,
Thank you so much for everything! I can't wait to purchase action essentials and continue learning all these great methods. Your the Best!
by Alemao 05/25/2010
Thanks Man! :D
by Calvin 05/18/2010
hey check mine out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uxpwj24dj0
by Passage 05/18/2010
Heu? I have a problem
6:14 => For head? nothing takes place with alpha?
by Michael Torda 05/01/2010
Thanks Andrew for adding me at Facebook and many many thanks for your tutorials, i definitely love your works.

By the way i post my video on my profile like this assisted suicide.

Thanks alot
by Luis Rodrigues 04/29/2010
Andrew Kramer... You rock man...
Every tuturial its a blessing... :)
This is the first time i ever worked with AE...
or video Fx of any type...
you inspire me to make a couple of more to see what i can do...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkN86ortEKY

Heres a link so you guys can see how it turned out.. theres also 3 pre-redenders with all the bugs in my channel.
in there you can see the progress and the correction of my bugs.
Best Regards From portugal...

Luis R.
by sami 04/08/2010
hi, i've got a problem with this tutorial, i'm using AE cs4 but when I try to move the time bar of the duplicated layer, the bracket doesn't appear, at first when I duplicate the layer it's ok but when a I add the time remaping the brackets desapears. And there aren't brackets neither in the nul object layer... any idea???

thank you so much and i love this tutorials!
by Brian 04/05/2010
Love this effect, I used it in the middle of my show... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbpWfQd-mds check it out!
by jawad 04/04/2010
oh m,an unbelivable video////
by Damir 04/02/2010
What do you think

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUtDK5ja4NQ
by Tyler Merkel 03/30/2010
Here's mine;

http://vimeo.com/7886513
by Josef 03/28/2010
Oh man, I wish I was as good as you!!!! I mean, you have SKILLLLLLLLLLS!!!!
by jawad 02/15/2010
ohhhhhhhhhh'''
man u so rock.
by SirArthur100 01/27/2010
Great man!!!!
by iReebound 12/20/2009
WOAAAHH Thanks dude!!
Check out mine work of this here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hflOphjVqog
by omar matos 12/09/2009
Absolutely incredible. You are a genius. Thank you for showing your talent to the world. From the Dominican Republic. A M A Z I N G.
by Tim Sessions 11/24/2009
Here's a successful attempt at this tutorial. It's a pretty popular video on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRUdtS94bUE
by Raymond 11/21/2009
Great tutorial. A kid I work with is making a zombie movie and wanted to know if I could blow somebody's head off. I combined this tut with your lightning strike explosion and the result was messy and awesome.
by Josh N. 11/21/2009
Andrew is the man! thanks bro my suicide video looks almost flawless thanks to this tutorial

Check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e1LHNo-Pig
by Timothy Atwood 11/20/2009
AWESOME!
by Madhankumar 10/07/2009
hey i really shocked by watching ur all tutors.not only this.
no words to say.iam searching new language to say thanks to all ur team.
by seeing this i realize that i know only 10% of aftereffects.
pls dont stop. continue.all the best.
will see in next tutor.
by mango 10/02/2009
Anther excellent tutorial.
by Alya 09/28/2009
thank andrew kramer
maKasiH aTas tuTorialnya..,
hm very nice work..,he2..

from : Indonesian
by Rutger 09/15/2009
Nice tutorial Andrew, good and intresting work up there :)
by Vince 09/12/2009
Thanks Andrew Kramer

AE is in your small pocket. I wish i could be as 1/8 good as you

THanks a billion. Bye
by Simon Box 09/07/2009
Great tutorial, Mr. Kramer! I modified my version a bit, please check it at at

http://www.youtube.com/geronimodeadly

Thanks!

-Simon
by Prasoon 08/29/2009
Hi Andrew Kramer,

I´m following each Tuto and I´m learning a lot.
Simply Wonderful

good
by SAHIl Jhamb 08/12/2009
please help
all ur tuturiols are legend
but for some reason when i click edit target on tracker controls it wont let me select my null object only my footage please help!
by N77 08/11/2009


amazing stuff =)

/ps good actor
by Eric Kirk 08/11/2009
Andrew,

My man, you are fantastic! I've watched a handful of your tutorials as I wait for AE CS4 to arrive in the mail. You are extremely talented and I am anxious to get the product and get to work. I've already purchased the Action Essentials 2 I believe is.

Excellent and keep it up!

Eric
by john 08/08/2009
thats hot
by vimal k singh 07/23/2009
Hi,
This is one of the BEST website I ever found SPECIALLY for ANIMATORS....
by Ramadan 07/21/2009
no comment!!!
awesome tutorial!!!
you are the best Andrew Kramer! :D
by Darkfaced 07/06/2009
WHOA!!!that was cool!...wish i could install AE in my comp..really expensive here in my country.in the mean time i just enjoy learning the tut watching them over again and again everyday...lol...thanks man.you're incredible...
by seung yeun hwang 07/01/2009
sorry.
i need in tutorials sause..T.T

in browse... blood sause.. need

sorry.. i'm not english..T.T
by Daniel 06/25/2009
muito bom esses tutorial. vou poder explodir a cabeça de muitas pessoas....
by BRUCE 06/18/2009
Could i download this "ASSISTED SUICIDE"?
by malcolm 06/13/2009
Hey can somone please help me!, i have after effects 7.0 and cs4 and when i try to inport the blood splatter clip from Action Movie essentials it comes up with this messege (Error. After Effects error: File "Blood_Birst_06.mov" is not a valid file type for inport.) Do u know whats going on here? How can i fix this?
by Anonymous 06/13/2009
Hehee.. i got kicked out from army becaus i made "suicide" video with help of this tutorial :D "They" think that i was a "risk".
by lsslhym 06/11/2009
Thank you !!!
by Hexan 05/26/2009
Hi Andrew Kramer,

great tutorials

i alredy tried some oft them and they worked realy good
but no I tried to blow my head of and I can't find the Blood Bursts can you post them
or any one how has them

Thx
by Ayaan 05/23/2009
hello Andrew Kramer,

i have all your products and will get all your future products! You rocks ! I made a video some weeks ago without seeing your tutorial and it looks great and a bit stupid ! here the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDZbPCwBU3Q

watch it if you have time! :) and all other peoples here!
by Hunter :P 05/19/2009
great tutorial! but where can I get blood animations?
by AfterEffectsUsEr 05/12/2009
The bad thing is - you don't have the blood splatters.

And the good splatters cost money.
by eodzi 05/11/2009
oh guy, it so great!
tks very much!
by Jordan 05/10/2009
Hi thanks for the tutorial... but is there a way to make the blood look like it splatters on the camera?
by lordcrumpton 04/30/2009
good but u need to slow down. ur to quick to click things before i know what ur up 2.
by Leonardo 04/08/2009
Just amazing...:O!
by ??? 02/28/2009
that's very good,i'm chinese's men,i need all frideds help,thanks.
by Tuan 02/27/2009
Omg, my mom was shock when she saw me suicide :))
by hrk92 02/26/2009
Hi, very good tutorial ;)

Can you please tell me were I can find the muzzle flashs and the bloodbursts?
by Peter montgomery 02/16/2009
Is there a way to do motion blur on stop-motion but only on the parts that are moving, almost like frame interpolation but with blur and in the correct directions of movement?
by Mike 02/12/2009
I am just wondering if any of the passing cars saw you shooting this and thinking the guy was really shooting himself.

Andrew you are a AE GOD
by Nacho.F 02/08/2009
Where I can find de blood or the head explosion??

Please... somebody knows????
by Faraz 02/05/2009
Awesome,
You are great man
by Daniel C. 02/03/2009
Great tutorial as always andrew.Here´s my attempt at this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXie02px2uI
by Kevin 01/07/2009
I did everything in your tutorial step by step but the head disapearing is not working for me. All I get is an outline that is transparent around the head instead of the entire head being transparent with the background. Please Help!
by majed 01/03/2009
thank you for toutourlis
by toms900 12/27/2008
I got action movies essentials and only some are workng and my adobe wont read mov files what should I do???? PLEASE HELP AND THANK YOU.
by Latinboy-809 12/25/2008
''that's what i would be doing, No...No Don't really kill yourself'' lol i like the tutorial and that fun part...xD
by Brasil 11/30/2008
mano...cara...vc eh o cara mesmo ..

brother...guy...you are the guy very good
by Disappointed 11/28/2008
Hi,

I'm very disappointed in the subject matter for this tutorial. My 11 year old son was enjoying using some of your tutorials, but when my wife found the tutorial contained an effect of a man blowing his brains out, we were horrified. I'm sure there must be a less nihlistic, depressing and upsetting way of simulating a flesh wound in a lesson. From a marketing perspective, I think your shooting yourself in the foot (if not in the head) by creating tutorials that are inappropriate for younger ages, who would be keen to buy your products. Maybe when you have children of your own you'll understand.
by badman-hm 11/26/2008
heee
whats up man

this tutorial is the one i enjoy with it

thinx for the good explaining

by Mikkel Riise Lund 11/20/2008
First of all I wanna thank you for this amazing site and the great products you have given us.

Secondly I liked the tutorial, but must say that the car in the background doesn't look good. I've tried to fix it here: http://flickr.com/photos/lundmikkel/3043729837. Think I succeed. Tell me what you think...

- Mikkel

PS: You could fix the foot - I donøt think it would stop like that in the end, if he had been dead for real... Just an idea for improvement...
by Mikkel Riise Lund 11/19/2008
First of all I wanna thank you for this amazing site and the great products you have given us.

Secondly I liked the tutorial, but must say that the car in the background doesn’t work well. It’s disappearing and flashing. I’ve tried to fix it in my own attempt and think I succeeded: http://flickr.com/photos/lundmikkel/3043729837. Let me know what you think.

Oh, and the foot looks kinda weird at the end. Don’t think it would behave like that if he was dead :D
by Alfredo Anglero 11/19/2008
Do you need any other program of just these that are shown here to create such cool effects?

Anyone can help out with this question


Thanks,
AA
by hello 11/11/2008
hello, great tutorial! I did a vid myself that I posted on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k71qjIym6I
but thing is... that the backgound picture I use, the still frame at the end, is not perfectly alined with the rest of the video for some reason, so you can tell it's forgery, because they r not perfetly alined, so when u remove the head the background doesn't perfecly match and is a little off
don't know if other people have the same issue as me
and I'd like to make a tutorial request, can u please make one where you incorporate ufos in a video? like fake an alien flyby? that would be off the hook!
again, great tutorials man
ionescualex@hotmail.com
by AJ 11/06/2008
this is so awesome, the guy is stupid enough to blow his own head off. You rock Andy, keep making videos using after effects. you rock at it !!
by Praful Vyas 10/27/2008
Thanks again 4 great tutorial. you r AMITABH BACHCHAN (great Indian super star of Bollywood) of After Effects.I envy you Andy
by Brandon 10/09/2008
wow this is a lot easier than wat it looks like it would be... thanks andrew
by CJ 10/08/2008
Amazing tutorial. I'm a 3D guy who's just been thrown into After Effects. You guys have saved my life!
by Adam 09/29/2008
Great Tutorial! I tested it out and it looks really nice!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOyBPdsWvR4


Thanks!
by Pac 09/12/2008
as could fix the problem of car back, the layer freeze?, thank you for everything
by abdo 09/09/2008
hey man your tutorial are the best
by edward 09/08/2008
I LOVE ALL YOUR TUTORIALS IM YOUR BIG FAN THANKS ANDREW
by Emre54 08/24/2008
check my headshot !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Z9IP2C2jA
by koshimo 08/20/2008
hey man,.. its just awesome that you share your knowledge, thx a lot and go ahead!

Koshimo - Austria
by Bode Olaifa 08/20/2008
May be you are not just the best, I'm beginning to sence tha you are a messiah for ae users and the upcoming ones I can just wait to get your stuffs to begin serious work on my ae career. at this point let me say a BIG THANK YOU !

Bode.
by Bram 08/20/2008
What key do you press to enlarge the preview screen at 01:13?
by phil 08/17/2008
Incredible tutorials,
in this one it works better if you rotate the blood splatter 180 degrees, more resalistic - well, i imagine.
by Scott 08/16/2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H4uuC4ipFQ

i made this by using the tutorial and the action movie essentials(which is great).
And updated the look of this vid a little bit by changing the mask and the blood spattering use.
instead of blowing his head of, he is just shooting a small part off.

thanks video copilot
by Werkalec 08/08/2008
Very Very Good other fantastic tutorial of expert Andrew Kramer, congratulations my friend from Argentina!!!! sorry for my Bad English:D
by nadav 08/06/2008
ty very much!
by Salvador 08/04/2008
How can i put again the delimitated parenthesis that has each layer on timeline???? thanks that looks pretty god but i couldn't do it because i can´t put that parenthesis if i moeve in the time line in the first part i cut the film
by cool 07/21/2008
thanks
by Semky 07/21/2008
I haven´t blood..
by tommy G 07/16/2008
Awsome tutorial
thanks a lot
by Yayo 06/30/2008
Congrat!
I´m following each Tuto and I´m learning a lot.
Simply Wonderful
by lovewpig 06/26/2008
GOOD!!!
by simokia 06/23/2008
GoooooooooD
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